The opening of Portals in Singapore
It’s a big day for science fiction and fantasy to find that a team of people have put together an enormous collection of original paintings and drawings, diorama, and other truly imaginative displays and opened a completely new museum. Congratulations to Scott and Shona Graham who have done just that. Do look them up on PortalsXP on Instagram or Facebook. This is the name of the first exhibition collected by the Imaginariad. This room shows a collection of the original art, and we were pleased to see that John Harris’s Pluto cover is in a key position! There is a ton of work to look at. And anyone who can get to Singapore while this is on is due for a treat.
Neil Packer print – Peace should be learnt in Childhood
If you’d like to buy a print of Neil Packer’s Iranian commission from 2022 and support the War Child charity at the same time, then just let me know. There’s more on the whole idea here.
Piper at the Gates of Dusk
It’s been a while since Jim Kay illustrated Patrick Ness’s book, A Monster Calls, which has now sold in countless countries. So he was delighted to be asked to illustrate the endpapers of Patrick’s latest book in the Chaos Walking series. The joy of working on endpapers is that you escape the scrutiny of the cover meeting comments, and you can see that Jim enjoyed working on this one.
Stone Age Beasts
Many congratulations to Grahame Baker Smith whose book has won the Hampshire Information Book Award. 
The Selfish Giant
Alexis Deacon has adapted Oscar Wilde’s text for The Selfish Giant and also illustrated it in his typical elegant style. It was published by Red Fox (Random House) in 2013 and we have a small handful of the original paintings for sale, including this one, ‘We Must Ask Hail on a Visit’.